Penned By Board Member Alo Pal “Up I’m curling from the sod, I am whirling home to God; I am the Smoke King I am Black” Since we shared the love of English, poetry, and performance I requested her to recite a few lines, and I literally saw before my eyes the performer emerge from… Read more »

Penned by Ms. Harshitha, Seeds of Change Project Lead, and Mr. Sarthak Bhattacharya, Intern A holiday camp for the children of Lycée Français International à Pondichéry was organised at Sharana Social and Development organisation starting from the 24th of October till the 3rd of November except for the 1st of November being a holiday. A total of… Read more »

Penned by Board Member Ms. Alo Pal Social Development implies social change and in Sharana our success is a function of the extent of social change we have been able to effect on a beneficiary with our model centred on empowerment. We therefore send children to school, enrol school dropouts into viable vocational training courses… Read more »

Penned by Ms.Thorvi Damle, Communications Manager Visits from our supporters are always filled with enthusiasm, fun, and a lot of positive exchange of energy for our team. Ms. Gwenael Bourboulon, Vice President, and Ms. Judith Toulis, Treasurer of Sharana France visited us recently and interacted with the team, understanding their day-to-day work.  It was an… Read more »

Penned by various members of Team Sharana Earlier this year, our Founder Ms. Rajkala Partha as well as Board Member Ms. Alo Pal visited Sothanaikuppam. They engaged in meaningful discussions, explored ideas, and shared visions for a brighter future for the community. They had the opportunity to meet with the Panchayat Leaders of the area,… Read more »

Penned by Ms.Thorvi Damle who volunteered with us as a spoken English teacher in the Language Lab between September 2022 to July 2023. From August 2023 she joined Sharana as the Communications Manager. The atmosphere in the classroom is exciting as the students put their heads together to come up with a fitting ending to… Read more »

Penned by Board Member Ms. Alo Pal A continuation of the earlier blog. Click here to read the prologue. THE CHILDREN Kanchana was 14 years old when her father passed away. She came under Sharana’s wing in her 9th standard and went on to complete her B.Sc. in Nursing brilliantly. She got many job offers… Read more »

Penned by Board Member Ms. Alo Pal PROLOGUE When I started to work at Sharana 7 years back, I met each member of the team learning about the programs they directed as well as their own journeys. It was also a useful exercise to ascertain the philosophy of the organisation at work. One equation that… Read more »

Penned by board member Ms.Alo Pal Her accent had a sweet clipped authenticity as opposed to mine, though French is the second language I learnt right from kindergarten. It has been 30 years since my graduation and 3 years since her Masters and we both raced our minds fetching the right vocabulary as we exchanged… Read more »

Penned by Board Member Ms. Alo Pal I drew the hexagon on the margin of my notebook and marked the 6 Carbon and Hydrogen atoms with single bonds and asked Kalaiselvi to explain the 4th carbon bonds, Kalaiselvi took my pen and promptly added the alternate lines in the hexagon and put the pen down… Read more »